Lea buys 2 shirts for $12.50 each. she buys a purse for 50$. there is a 7% sales tax rate. how much did lea spend total? ? rounded to nearest hundreth place

Lea bought 2 shirts for 12.50 each. Multiply the cost of a single shirt by how many shirts Lea bought:



Add this value to the cost of the purse to find the cost of Lea's purchase before taxes:



Lea spent $75 before taxes.

To apply the tax, convert the sales tax from a percentage to a decimal:



Multiply this decimal by the total cost to find the sales tax:



Add this tax to the cost before taxes:



Lea spent $80.25 in total.